As mentioned in the previous article, Yang Sichang was a person with mixed reputations. During the Chongzhen Dynasty, he was defeated and died as the chief assistant. Although Emperor Chongzhen did not pursue the matter, the scholars and officials were generally scolded and slandered the world. It was not until later historians objectively studied this history in the late Ming Dynasty that their positive evaluations gradually increased.

The reason why Yang Sichang was spoiled by the literati and even falsely accused of being the executioner who massacred the people and compromised the surrender faction was mainly because he was too responsible and too loyal to Emperor Chongzhen. In the desperate situation of the Chongzhen Dynasty, most of the people's hearts were dispersed. He wanted to turn the tide, but he could only use heavy dictates, those who were greedy for life and fear of death, those who formed cliques for personal gain, those who were corrupt and abused the law, and even those who did not obey the command, he could be said to have seen one person dealt with. You should know that during the Chongzhen Dynasty, the court was almost broken to the roots, and there were several officials who were fine. After cleaning up, they naturally offended almost all the officials of the court, so he was in a tragedy.

Of course, that's all about the Chongzhen Dynasty. In this world, in the Chongzheng Dynasty, it's hard to say whether Yang Sichang's personality would suffer. But he at least doesn't have to take the blame for the executioner who massacred the people and the surrender who compromised to the outside world, because now the peasant army cannot cause any storm and no need to kill him at all. The Later Jin Dynasty has been beaten to the point of being beaten, and there is no question of whether to negotiate. Moreover, he is just the Minister of Personnel, not the chief minister of the cabinet, and he can't make many "mistakes" he wants to make.

How serious was he doing things? According to the "customs" of the Ming Dynasty over the years, if the Beijing Procuratorate plan was not for forming cliques and excluding dissidents, then at most it would be possible to dismiss a few irrelevant officials. Officials above the fourth rank would basically not move. Everyone wanted to make a point in front of the emperor and just fool them. Why should they offend people for no reason? But Yang Sichang was not!

The emperor asked him to investigate carefully. With his personality, how could he be perfunctory? His orders to the officials and the censors of various departments were to investigate whether they were good or bad, as long as they were heard, they would be recorded as the basis for evaluation.

These officials and supervisors are basically Jinshi in the first class of Chongzheng Dynasty. They are not afraid of tigers. With the support of the emperor of the dynasty, they are afraid of birds. Therefore, the officials in Beijing were basically investigated and the results of the investigation were so detailed. Even the Zuodu Censor Li Banghua was so upright and unhappy, and he was a little worried when he saw it. Lord Yang, you are going to offend people to death!

Of course, the results of the investigation are not the final result. The Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate just checked it out, recorded the results, and handed over the face-to-face review and self-examination to the emperor. As for how the emperor would deal with it, they could not control it, but the emperor did not have so much time to check it one by one, so as long as it was not too outrageous, the emperor would basically deal with it based on the results they presented.

Of course, the memorial that Yang Sichang sorted out is not too outrageous. Good is good, bad is bad, and there is factual basis, without any moisture, and it is very reliable. But many times it is even more amazing. When the memorial Chen is handed over to Zhu Cijiu, Zhu Cijiu was shocked. Good guy, this is the core of the Ming Dynasty court, the officials in the capital? It's too outrageous!

According to the results of Yang Sichang's investigation, less than half of the officials in Beijing performed well, and less than 10% of the competent officials were lazy and negligent. More than 60% of the officials had serious problems!

Isn't it so exaggerated? Zhu Cijiu was a little suspicious and moved the large pile of comments that were classified as problematic officials to the front, opened the first one and looked serious.

Wen Tiren, whose courtesy name was Changqing, was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli (1598 AD). He served as a Shuji Shi, an editor of the Hanlin Academy, a young Zhanshi in the Zhanshi Mansion, and is currently the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

He is cautious on the outside but fierce on the inside, and has a deep skill. He is honest on the surface, diligent and kind on the surface, but in fact he is sinister, cunning, shameless and shameless, and does not recognize his relatives.

According to investigation, Wen Tiren's crimes are as follows:

First, they formed a clique for personal gain and eliminated dissidents. Min Hongxue, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, Tang Shiji, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, and the right censor of the Censorate, were all his followers. They colluded with their followers to falsely accusing their colleagues and promoting their fellow villagers, so that the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue were full of mediocre talents, and there were many people who were in vain.

Second, accept bribes, buy and sell official positions...

Third, he secretly married a prostitute and ignored human ethics...

Fourth, taking away other people's property, lawlessness...

The first Zhu Cijiu saw it, and he felt cold sweat. One by one, he was not an official here, he was simply a bandit and a robber. On the surface, Wen Tiren was indeed a humble gentleman. He thought he was a good official, but he didn't expect that he was such a person in secret!

Slowly, he seemed to remember that there were two treacherous ministers in a certain TV series, one in the Chongzhen period, one in the surname Wen and the other in the surname Zhou. The one in the surname Wen was not the one in the surname Wen Tiren, and the other in the surname Zhou? He immediately wrote Chen Li to read it, but after only one in the last moment, the second one was the one in the surname Zhou!

Zhou Yanru, whose courtesy name was Yusheng, was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli (1614 AD), and was the first in the first place. He served as a editor of the Hanlin Academy, and was the youngest Zhanshi of the Zhanshi Mansion. He is currently the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

He turned out to be the top scholar, but his evaluation of him was that he was a corpse, had no virtue and incompetence, and formed a party for personal gain... and, the most terrifying thing was that the party he formed was the denounced Donglin Party members!

He turned the next one and was actually a minister.

Chen Yan, whose courtesy name was Fasheng, was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi (1622 AD). He served as a Shujishi and an editor of the Hanlin Academy. Later, he was promoted to the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue by currying the eunuch party. He is currently the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He has no achievements, but is famous for his corruption and bribery!

Zhu Cijing didn't dare to continue watching anymore. These were all third-rank officials of the dynasty. They could participate in the political discussion during the morning dynasty. He was very familiar with these people. Unexpectedly, he was so blind that he made these corrupt officials wander in front of him for several years but still didn't find out!

Looking at the pile of comments, he really didn't want to believe that this was true. That was nearly 200 copies. There were only a few officials in the capital. If these people really had problems, then he would be a tyrant!

It's so terrible. No wonder the Ming Dynasty has been stagnant in recent years. There are 20% of the officials in the capital alone who have problems, and 60% of them who are lazy and negligent. How can the remaining 20% ​​be developed?

Zhu Cijing became more and more angry the more he thought about it, and he shouted directly: "Cao Huachun."

Cao Huachun walked in quickly, bowed respectfully, and then lowered his hands and stood respectfully, waiting for his orders.

He pointed to the pile of melodies and said, "Go, check it carefully for me to see if it is true."

Cao Huachun said with a word, and then took the stack of comments and bowed respectfully.

Zhu Cijing was so angry that he had worked hard in the past few years, working hard to develop military industry, making money, and expanding the army. He finally repelled the Later Jin Dynasty. He originally thought that the Ming Dynasty would rise from now on, but he didn't expect that there were so many worms under his eyes. How could the Ming Dynasty develop if they continued to be edible like this? It seems that the administration would not be able to be rectified.

For several days, Zhu Cijiu was not in the mood to do other things, just waiting for Cao Huachun's investigation results. The so-called "no wind and waves" are all the results of Cao Huachun's investigation. The results of Cao Huachun's investigation are basically true, and even some more secret things were found by him. These people are even more excessive than those of Cao Huachun's writings!

If it is true, there is nothing to say. All the dismissals were dismissed and investigated. As for the candidates to replace them, Zhu Cijing directly put the memorials into excellent ones in front of him, looking one by one.

Qian Shisheng, whose courtesy name was Jizhi, was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli (1616 AD), and was the first in the palace examination. He served as a editor of the Hanlin Academy, Zuo Zhongyun of Zhanshifu, and is currently a doctor of the Ministry of Rites. He is honest and honest, respects his teachers and respects the truth, and is sincere and filial......

What else can I say about such a person? I will be promoted to the Left Minister of Rites.

Fan Jingwen, whose courtesy name is Mengzhang, was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli (1613 AD). He served as the chief of the Dongchang Prefecture, the head of the Ministry of Personnel, and the Selected Yuanwailang. He is currently the certified doctor. He is diligent and honest, and has a peaceful and elegant manner...

There is nothing to say, and he was promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Wu Yan, whose courtesy name is Lu You, was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. He served as the magistrate of Shaowu, Fujian, Jinjiang and Weixian in Shandong. In the second year of Tianqi, he was promoted to the censor. He once inspected Henan and Shaanxi, and served as the governor of Shanxi. He is currently a doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, honest and dedicated to the public, and upright......

There is nothing to say, and I was promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

In addition, Cheng Guoxiang, whose courtesy name was Zhongruo, was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli (1604 AD). He served as the magistrate of Queshan and Guangshan, the right prime minister of Dali Temple, Taichangqing, and the envoy of the Tongzheng of Nanjing. He is currently the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He is an honest official and has no remaining wealth in his family. His life is quite hard. Chen Zhong also specifically recorded his childhood experience. He had no father since he was young and his family was extremely poor. When he was over 10 years old, he was a cow horn, ox bone and hairpin to sell money to adopt mother. Later, he was well-educated and highly educated scholar Guan Jue pity his talents and taught him for free. He worked day and night, and he was in a cold and heat. After a few years, he read articles and won the imperial examinations one after another.

Such people naturally need to be valued. Didn’t the Minister of Revenue, Daozong, always resign because he was old? This time he agreed to Cheng Guoxiang as Minister of Revenue.

In addition, Cai Guoyong, whose courtesy name was Zhengfu, was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli (1610 AD). He served as the Minister of the Central Secretariat, the Censor of Zhejiang Dao, Yingtian Xuezheng, Taipu Zhengqing, and is currently the Right Minister of Works. He is known for his prudence, hard work and integrity. He was once responsible for supervising the repair of the city walls of the capital, and he was guarding the construction site day and night. Once, he needed urgent use of stones, but he could not transport them in for a while, and the relevant personnel were helpless. He boldly suggested that he use Chongwen and the tartar prepared by Xuanwumen be completed in just five days.

Such people naturally need to be used more. Qiao Yunsheng, the Minister of Justice, has also reached the age of Gao Lao returning home. Now he is basically a corpse-positioned person. He directly asked him to resign and go home to take care of his old age. Cai Guoyong takes over as the Minister of Justice.

Zhu Cijiu made drastic adjustments to clean up all those who formed cliques, corrupt, bribery, and abused the law, and promoted a large number of honest, honest, diligent and dedicated officials.

Under his instruction, the Beijing News also began to publicize the deeds of outstanding officials in succession, and also announced the list of officials who were dismissed and investigated, as well as the crimes they committed. For a while, the officialdom in the capital was cleared. Some local officials were overjoyed, some were trembling, and some were even anxious all day long. After the inspection of the capital was completed, it was a big plan, and local officials could not escape either!
Chapter completed!